Getting up early in the morning at 5:30 for arriving in Linum before Sunset is somewhat taxing. But coming to this scene with the air full of the voices of geese and cranes really compensates this.
Currently more than 100.000 cranes and countless of geeses roost here for a few weeks before moving on south for overwinter survival.
The Building on the right is the Federal Council of Germany. Its slightly different illuminated during the Festival of Lights in Berlin, an Event where lots of buildings around Berlin are illuminated by colors, images and animations. Its a free festival which takes place every year for around 2 Weeks.
This is an wonderful alley, street “Amundsenstrasse” in Potsdam. It leads to Potsdam-Eiche and Potsdam-Golm.
Unfortunately its quiet busy so its rather hard to find a moment to take a picture. I would *really* enjoy some fog in there, but, you cant wish for everything.
If you ever wondered how it feels being in the perspective of the “prey” of a common kestrel. This female hovers over the typical peeing place of mice, waiting for them to come. Kestrels can see light in the UV-spectrum. And mice-pee is glowing awesome in UV. So. Imagine: You go to your favourite tree to relieve yourself and a giant bird first watches you for a while, then just eats you.
The highest “mound” in Berlin, the “Kreuzberg”, is 66m high and is coated with the Viktoriapark which was built somewhere around 1815 by Herrmann Mächtig. On top there is a national monument of the German Campaign (against Napoleon).
A big cloudfront moving towards the place where I watched some common kestrels.
This is the Moment when you really should go back home when you are a good distance away from home – with the bicycle…
I was cycling today. Visiting the abandoned Airport “Tempelhofer Freiheit” is always relaxing. I was kind of suprised to come across 4 Common Kestrels (Falco tinnunculus). I spend quite some time watching them.
This is where the hungry come to feed… It was used as dining-hall and place for small-presentations. This is inside a tuberculosis-sanatorium and was , as you can see (colors, themes), in the hand of different occupying forces.
Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) on his second try to catch his prey.
Sakers are big Falcons with a wingspan around 120cm. Its is an active hunter (not stalking).
I was in Potsdam for a flat-viewing and while wandering around to see the sourrounding I found a lake. Just a nice few Moments while I caught some mosquito bites.